I saw my doctor today. He said that the goal now is to balance the medications I need against the harm they could cause my damaged liver. So he's going to keep me off Lipitor until the liver specialist weighs in on the prognosis. I talked with him about my struggle to lose weight. He gave me 5 sure-fire ways to lose weight:
1. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner...don't skip meals.
2. Don't eat anything after 7 pm.
3. Keep a between-meal snack at 150 calories or less...an apple, orange, grapes, 1/2 a banana
4. Don't eat anything you can buy from a vending machine except water or sugar-free gum. (That pretty much eliminates anything packaged!)
5. Don't eat out. (Boy that one's going to be tough to carry out.)
They all make sense but it sure is going to take a lot of self-discipline...and prayer.
As a sat waiting in his office I read an article about the effects of obesity on arthritis. That gave me even more reason to lose weight! I'm pretty depressed about the whole situation...now I have to find some way to deal with that...without eating.
About Me
- Karen
- I'm a children's librarian in a small town community library. I've been married to the love of my life for 37 years. I have one daughter and one son. Both are married to wonderful people. Our daughter and son-in-law have blessed us with a very beautiful granddaughter. Our son and his wife have a beautiful baby boy and another on the way. I'm a born-again Christian striving to serve the Lord and allow Him to guide my life daily.
1 comment:
Karen you sound like you need a hug! So consider yourself just given one by me! Perhaps all of us as a family could consider going on the diet together that way through our blogging we could help encourage and keep each other accountable. I was wondering what happened after your meeting with the liver specialist. It's so frustrating when you have all these appointments and never get any new information. I'm praying for you!
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